Oshi gets close, while Sasha has that classic over-the-shoulder look. 🐶

Small white dog very close to the camera. Black dog curled up on the bed, looking back over her shoulder at the camera.

Babylon 5 1994–1998, one of my all-time favourites. Set on a future space station, with a 5-season arc, it reached its peak in Seasons 3 and 4 with the war on The Shadows. Fabulous storytelling. I’ve rewatched this numerous times. 📺

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Babylon 5 cast photo.

This aftershock woke me: 4.7 at almost 11pm last night. 〰️ A bit worrying, but I soon went back to sleep.

Screenshot of earthquake report.

Oooh, Apple TV+ has ordered:

“Hedy Lamarr,” a new eight-episode limited series

Lamarr was an actor and inventor, major contributor to the spread spectrum technology that underlies cellphones.

The series will follow the incredible life story of the Hollywood glamour girl

Safari (Mac) helps me see a problem website better. Sharesies is excellent but the text is too small and some text is too pale. I set Safari > Settings for This Website to 125% Page Zoom. I wrote a custom CSS for the text color and set it in Safari > Prefs > Advanced. Fixed!

Screenshot with pale text marked. Screenshot of website preferences.

Eureka 2006–2012 was a ‘hidden’ town of fictional science geniuses and their crazy inventions. Each episode featured a mysterious accidental or intentional misuse of technology. Some music by Bear McCreary. Some crossover with Warehouse 13. Good fun, and sciency! 📺

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In Aotearoa New Zealand now it seems surreal to keep on with distancing, sanitiser etc, because:

7th day in a row, no new cases of COVID-19 in NZ.

combined total confirmed and probable cases: 1,504.

recovered cases: 1,481. One case is still active.

Total deaths: 22. 🦠

Ive lived in Aotearoa New Zealand for ~57 years and never heard of “Moving Day” till now. Mind you, when I was a kid NZ had 60 million sheep and 3 million people. 🐄

when farmers…pack up households, animals … and move to new farms for the start of the new dairy season, June 1.

Screenshot of Moving Day item.

Warehouse 13 2009–2014 was a fun show about retrieving and storing artifacts with dangerous powers, like Ivan Pavlov’s bell. Included Jaime Murray as Helena G. Wells, and even Kate Mulgrew. Several excellent female characters — Myka, Leena, Claudia, Mrs Frederic. 📺

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Ohhh, Im not even half way through Legends of Tomorrow 514 and may not be able to finish because Im laughing too hard. Now the writers have finally realised this isnt Constantine were getting some great scripts again. Trapped in TV Shows, like Friends, Star Trek, Downton Abbey…

Screenshot from the episode, showing two characters dressed as James T Kirk and Spock.

I’ve decided my own June challege — I’ve just decided to have a No-Apostrophe June (starting now). I believe the apostrophe is redundant and should go! Ill accept autocorrect apostrophes though as itd be too much hassle not to. Hmmm, there doesn’t seem to be an emoji… 💭 ?

Sanctuary 2008–2011 starred Amanda Tapping (of Stargate fame). The Sanctuary helped and sometimes contained Abnormals, extraordinarily powerful creatures and people. I didn’t like it at first, but came to love the show. Creative. Fun. No romance between leads. 📺

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Some of the Sanctuary cast.

Lovely: Out a 10 minute short movie on Disney+. 🍿🌈

a young gay man who has not yet come out to his parents unexpectedly has his mind magically swapped with his dog’s.

Out movie screenshot.

It was a stunning morning, so my neighbour Chris and I drove our electric bikes to Peka Peka and rode 16Km on the shared track beside the Kāpiti Expressway. I’ve been meaning to do that for ages. Next time we’ll go further too. It was beautiful, with lots of native plants in parts.

Two bikes in the back of my people mover car. An informational sign along the way.

In Star Trek: Voyager 1995–2001 Captain Kathryn Janeway leads her crew home from the Delta Quadrant. She’s not someone to go up against. Resourceful. Steely. Creative. Ably assisted by engineer B’Elanna Torres and ex-Borg Seven. The holographic Doctor is also a star. 📺

Screenshot from S3E11 showing Janeway with a big gun.

Waaaay back on 29 February I ordered this bike bag from AliExpress. Then Covid-19 happened. Tracking gave weird info. Today, 3 months later it finally turned up. Meanwhile I thought it was lost and ordered another from a different store. Guess a friend will get a surprise gift!

Package in green wrapper. Roswheel blue bicycle trunk bag.

There are two of these plants in the dunes and each year I forget their name — it’s a Yucca. Last year it flowered in April, so the May flowering seems late this year.

I wish Photos on Mac would let me select a photo and then Find others the same.

Yucca plant in flower.

The X-Rite Color Challenge and Hue Test was interesting, and I was pleased with my score of 4 (where 0 is best).

Results of my colour test. I'm weakest in the blue-green range.

Well, I definitely enjoyed Onward, which surprised me a little. Two brothers go on a quest for magic to bring back their dead father. Nice touch with the pixie biker gang! 🍿 Good diversity too.

Onward poster.

I’m declaring an earthquake emoji: 〰️